Sealed package.



J. W. HENSON.

SEALED PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2, 1911.

Patented Jan. 3o, 1912.`

LACE CURTAINS I Acs cumulus Arromvfrs JOHN WILLIAM H ENsoN, or Nnw'fyonx, N..Y.

SEALED PACKAGE.

Specification-of Letters Patent.

- Patented Jan. 30,1912.

.Application meu August 2, 1911".'- serial No. 641,887.

To aZZTw-Lom-z't may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM HEN- soN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattam'in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sealed Package, vof which the following is a full, cle'ar; and exact description. The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved sealed package, more especially designed for containing lacecurtains 'and other articles, and arranged to protect the articles 'against dust and light while being held in stock and stored on shelves in stores and other places.

For 'the purpose mentioned, use is made of a. series of envelops each adapted to contain a pair-of curtains or other article, theenvelops being detachably connected with each other at adjacent sides and having closing iaps at the ends, adapted to be folded' one on top of the other to form a single package.

A practical embodiment of thefinvention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

-Fi re l is a perspective view of the seale package; Fig. 2 is a Yplan view of the sealed package with the envelops extended for detachment of one or more envelops; Fig. 3 is a cross section of the sealed package with the envelops folded one upon the other; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the envelops detached and open at one end for removal of the pair of curtains or other articles contained in the envelop.

In a series of envelops A, of paper or other suitable material and of a`suitable sizel for containing each a pair of curtains or other article, each is provided at one end with a closing flap B. for' closing the envelo after the pair of curtains or other article 1s placed in the vcorresponding envelop. In practice, the iiaps Bare preferably gummed for readily fastening the said flaps in closed position. The envelops A are connected with each other at the sides by strips C, of paper or other suitable material, pasted or glued to the under sidesl of the envelops, and each strip C is provided with perforations D to permit of conveniently detaching one envelop from the next adjacent one.

The strips C permit of folding hone-envelop on top of the other so as to forma small the envelops being shelf or other support.

The last' envelop of the series of envelops A is provided with locking flaps E .adapted to be passed over the ends of the folded envelops A, onto the upper surface of the 11ppermost folded envelop A, as cated in Fig. 1, and the twoflaps 4E have their free ends connected with each other by a suitable fastening device F, suchas a cord and buttons. -Now when the envelops gre folded one upon the other and the flaps connected with each other by the fastening package which can be readily placed onda plainly indiare extendedover the folded envelops and device F, as plainly shown in Fig. 1, then a sealed package is formed which can be conveniently placed on the shelf or other support and removed therefrom whenever a customer desires a pair of curtains o r a like article. In this case, the salesman unfastens gie fiaps E and then extends the envelops 5 tains a pair of curtains or other article desired by' the c ustomer. Thus the customer receives apair of curtains or a like article in' a sealed envelop, it being understood to tear olf the first envelop `which con- Y that the selection was made from an exhiv bition sample. d

In practice, -the envelops A are consecutively numbered, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, so that the stock clerk can see at a glance how many pairs of curtains or other articles remain in the package after one or more sales have been made.. 'Each of the envelops is also providedwith a legend, indicating the nature of the curtains or other article contained in the envelop; for instance, as shown in Fig. 2, eachenvelop A is provided at the outer face of the closing flaps E with the legend 'Lace curtains. 4956. One Pair. 3 Yards, thus indicating the nature of the curtains corresponding to the exhibition sample from which Vthe sale was made. One of the flaps E is also provided with a legend indicatin the nature of the goods and also the num er of articles 'contained in the original package; for instance,`as shown in' Fi '1, the legend reads Lace-curtains.

Wlde. 4956. 6`Pairs." 3 Yards. thus in.

dicating that six tained-1n the origlnal envelop.

By havin the curtains in sealed envelops which canv e conveniently folded into a small package, it is evidentv that the curtains are completely dustand light proof, and hence are not liable to be solled or liable to pairs of curtains are fade while being stored on a shelf or other support. Y

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: Y

A sealed package, comprising a plurality of connected envelops, each complete in itself and having flaps whereby it may be independently sealed, the connections between said envelops being perforated whereby the` envelope may be readily detached with their contents, when desired, certain of said enf A velops having supplementary laps adapted to embrace and support the series'of' envelops in superposed relation, and means to conneet the said' supplemental iaps around the package, said means being adjustable whereby a tiht package may be formed irrespective o the removal of one or more of the envelops.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN WILLAM HENSON.

Witnesses:

Grno. J. COOKE, A. B. HUNTER. 

